Which to use
“wok” and “works” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,773
- “wok” frequency rank
- #522
- “works” frequency rank
- 38295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wok | works |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking. | plural of work in its countable senses |
Where the eye mixes wok and works
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. wok (/wɒk/) and works (/wɜːks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wok is recorded at frequency rank #37,773, classified as anoun, pronounced /wɒk/. works is at rank #522, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɜːks/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38295, this pair ranks #287,171 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wok vs works
Shared letters: kow. Private to "wok": -. Private to "works": rs.
"wok" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "works" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- works ← owrks · wokrs · workks · workss · worrks · worsk · wroks · wworks